Get a REST Response Header by Name

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Demonstrates Rest.ResponseHdrByName, which returns the value of a response header field by name. Header field names are case-insensitive.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Rest rest = new Rest();
        boolean bTls = true;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect);

            rest.sendReqNoBody("GET", "/api/items/123");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int statusCode = rest.readResponseHeader();
        if (statusCode < 0) {
            System.out.println(rest.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Return the value of a response header field by name.  Header field names are case-insensitive.
        String contentType = rest.responseHdrByName("Content-Type");
        if (contentType == null) {
            System.out.println(rest.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Content-Type: " + contentType);
    }
}